Kaihai, Baochao, Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
After Zhu Jianji directly decided on these three things, the remaining matters in steelmaking, gunpowder, chemicals, glass, electricity, transportation and other aspects must be detailed into industries.
Not a big decision.
There is no need to discuss it with Jiuqing and the Fourteenth Minister.
As for the Dengzhou Shipyard, it was the handiwork of the Donggong. The Ministry of Industry needs to cooperate with the Ministry of Household Affairs to get the money and the Ministry of War to draft the documents. When the time comes, just contact Hang Min, Chen Xun and Yu Qian. There is no need for everyone to discuss it together.
The decision is made, but we can't let everyone think that the prince himself is too dictatorial.
Well, although he is also dictatorial.
At least make a show for everyone to see.
I, Zhu Jianji, also "convince others with reason and virtue"!
Said: "Today, His Majesty issued an order to invite all the ministers to the Qianqing Palace for a banquet. It was Gu's intention. You have also seen that the banquet prepared in the imperial dining room was withdrawn by Gu's order. This move was not for you alone. The reason why the Qing family is dissatisfied is because the food I want to treat you to eat today is a crop that has never appeared in our Ming Dynasty since ancient times. I even think that it can be called an artifact of the country in our Ming Dynasty. "
All ministers: "???"
A mere crop is called the artifact of the country, so let’s pass it up.
That’s not what big words say.
Zhu Jianji waved his hand and signaled Shu Liang, who was at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion, to come forward and asked, "Have you sent the things from the East Palace?"
Shu Liang said: "I sent it here, but Dai Yi hasn't come yet."
Zhu Jianji nodded, "It will take a while to prepare."
Then he said: "Ask Li Min to bring in the things sent by the East Palace."
Soon, Li Min came in with a silver plate of things and placed it on the imperial desk.
The officials were confused.
What is this?
The light red skin has a weird appearance, ranging from hammer-shaped to cucumber-shaped. If it weren’t for the mud on it, everyone would think it was a novel fruit.
Zhu Jianji stood up with a smile, picked up a small knife from the silver plate, and said to Shu Liang: "Get a basin of water."
Clean it after a while.
Then take a knife and peel it.
The ministers rushed to watch. When they saw His Highness peeling the skin, someone immediately asked: "Your Highness, is this fruit?"
I can’t understand the medicine in His Highness the Prince’s gourd anymore.
Invite everyone to eat fruit?
But no matter how novel it is, it’s just fruit.
It is said that His Highness's move should be the final work for the decision to establish the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but it is irrelevant what benefits a fruit can bring to Ming Dynasty agriculture.
Zhu Jianji quickly peeled off the skin and cut it into pieces.
A jade plate placed on a silver plate.
He said to Shu Liang: "Give a piece to every minister in the palace. Well, Lao Zhu will also get a piece."
I stopped eating it myself.
It's not really delicious.
But it can also be eaten because it has moisture and sweetness.
After a while, the distribution was completed, and the ministers looked at the lumpy "fruit" in their hands. Although there was nothing on their faces, there was a rejection in their hearts... Most of the scholars in the feudal dynasty were pedantic.
But it is actually difficult for pedantic scholars to accept new things.
Zhu Jianji smiled. Well, the smile was a little sinister, but there was no other malice. He said to the ministers: "Try it first. Don't worry, it won't give everyone diarrhea."
Having said this, I glanced at Yu Qian and Lu Yu, the elderly ministers.
Shake his head slightly.
I signal you old people not to eat. If anything goes wrong with diarrhea, you are all Ming Dynasty's brachial fins, and I am not willing to bear such a loss.
When Wei Nanfeng writes, "Prince Zhu Jianji took some novel things, and Yu Qian tasted them from the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty, he suffered from diarrhea and died", wouldn't I have become a laughing stock?
It is certain to be reviled by future generations!
Ministers: "..."
The more His Highness the Crown Prince said this, the more unsure everyone felt.
Why should we specifically emphasize that we won’t have diarrhea?
It means you may have diarrhea!
Moreover, His Royal Highness the Prince secretly gave it to Yu Qian, and Lu Yu signaled to the old ministers not to eat it. This was clearly asking the young and strong ministers to test the poison.
But no one dared to disobey the prince.
No choice, just eat.
result……
As the prince's uncle, Hang Min must support his nephew. He was the first to put it in his mouth and took a bite. After chewing for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's sweet and quite crunchy!"
Seeing this, everyone felt relieved and tried one after another.
Zhu Jianji's father-in-law, Bai Gui, the Minister of Civil Affairs, covered his face with his sleeves. After chewing and swallowing the fruit, he couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, which foreign country is paying tribute to this fruit?"
Zhu Jianji smiled and said, "Shang Shu Bai is wrong, it is not a fruit."
After a pause, "It can be used as a staple food!"
The officials were shocked and inexplicable.
This is obviously the taste of fruit, why does His Highness say it can be used as a staple food?
At this moment, a burst of fragrance came.
Dai Yi asked for a meeting outside.
Zhu Jianji smiled and said to the ministers: "My dear friends, please move to the next door to enjoy the feast that I have prepared for you!"
On the table next door, the palace maid had already placed a bunch of novel foods.
There are steamed ones, yellow and orange ones, which are very beautiful, like steamed pumpkin.
There are roasted ones...this is relatively new.
There are also mixed rice to make porridge, and there are also dry rice.
Since it is a banquet, everyone must be full, so there is also the most popular kimchi in Sichuan, so that everyone can eat kimchi with some porridge or dry rice.
Zhu Jianji said with a smile: "Everyone, let's have a try."
A look of no politeness.
Yu Qian picked up the rice bowl and looked at it carefully for a while, "The yellow one here is the one everyone ate at Dongnuang Pavilion before?"
Zhu Qiyu said: "Yes, Yu Shaobao can try it."
If it is cooked, it will not cause diarrhea.
Yu Shaobao took a bite and said: "Slightly sweet, pink!"
After Yu Qian made the proof, the other ministers were no longer restrained and tried it one after another. Not to mention, the taste was very novel, and the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty who were used to eating greasy food couldn't stop eating.
Especially the roasted ones that are so fragrant and glutinous in taste, everyone eats them up!
But as a scholar... I'm still relatively polite.
Zhu Qiyu also enjoyed the meal very much.
Soon, everyone discovered the problem.
Chen Ruyan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, said: "The feeling of satiety from this thing is as fast and strong as that of a pumpkin. May I ask, Your Highness, how novel this thing is?"
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "It's called sweet potato. It was brought back from Luzon Island by Gu's trading company. Because it has red skin, it is also called sweet potato. It has high nutritional value and can be used as a staple food. The most important thing is that as long as it is grown properly, it can be used as a staple food."
The yield per mu is about 2,000 kilograms. As for the proper planting method, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Ministry of Agriculture needs to study it!"
All the ministers were shocked, especially Lin Cong, the Minister of Agriculture, who blurted out, "The yield per mu is about 2,000 kilograms?!"
Horrible?
Zhu Jianji nodded, "Well, Gu is sure, so we set up the Ministry of Agriculture to study the cultivation of sweet potatoes and then promote it. I believe you, the Qing family, can clearly understand what it can bring to the Ming Dynasty, just like Gu."
The yield per mu is two thousand catties, which can be used as staple food.
How significant this is!
Those present were all the highest-level elites of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not know this?
This means that the people can rely on the yield of sweet potatoes to eat enough.
This means that the population will increase dramatically!
And one of the signs of prosperity in all dynasties is population!
Only with population can there be taxes!
In the past, due to lack of food, even in the Song Dynasty, the population did not explode significantly. However, if the Ming Dynasty can use sweet potatoes as a staple food to solve the food problem, it is very possible for the population to explode to more than 10 million.
in this way……
Ming Dynasty will create a glorious dynasty!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's forceful establishment of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences was an extremely wise decision. Because of the specialization in the field, this crop called sweet potato entered the Ming Dynasty from foreign countries, and no one knew how to grow it.
It must be studied by the Academy of Agricultural Sciences before it can be promoted.
